Misdiagnosis and Chronic cough in infants

Mild worm infections undiagnosed in children: Human worm infestations, esp. threadworm, can be overlooked in some cases,
because it may cause only mild or even absent symptoms....read more »

Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis,
when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection,
such as a common cold....read more »

Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been
immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears
off after about 15 years.
Thus,...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can...read more »

Detailed list of causes of Chronic cough in infants

How Common are these Causes of Chronic cough in infants?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Chronic cough in infants.
Of the 3
causes of Chronic cough in infants that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

0
causes are "very common" diseases

0
causes are "common" diseases

0
causes are "uncommon" diseases

0
causes are "rare" diseases

0
causes are "very rare" diseases

3
causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 3
causes of Chronic cough in infants

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Chronic cough in infants:

The following list of conditions
have 'Chronic cough in infants' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Chronic cough in infants or choose View All.

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